Web 3 point 0 What are we in for?

In the beginning there was Geocities.
Yup, there were also guest books and visitor counters. Remeber those really charming GIFs? Oh
yeah, don't even start me on horizontally scrolling marques. HTML code, if you know
any, actually had a tag for that fine piece of eye candy.

HOLY CRAP
THIS IS ANNOYING!!!

Ah yes, how we've grow. The
first signs of growing pains was social media. In its infancy it was
a strange concept. Friendster...remember that. It was one of the
first kids on the block for this genre of website. Dynamically
created user groups. Blogs. Social Media. Social Networking. Boom!
Myspace took the stage front and center...for now.

And what about videos?! We
all have to be entertained. Enter: Youtube. Wait a second-
Enter:Youtube owned by Google. Ok, thats fine I guess. Videos
instantly downloaded to your browser for your viewing pleasure. This
gave us all those fine moments in film such as Numa Numa,
Charlie-bit-my-Finger-kid, and most recently the Trololo guy. We
can't forget Albinoblacksheep and the LOL cats empire. The comedy
abounds. Wordpress, blogs,
i-can-write-better-and-have-a-cooler-layout-than-thou. These are fun.
Vlogs! Twitter. You are alive now, so you know what I mean.

What about the future
though? We all scratch our heads wondering what wonderful things will
the developers think of? What new stuff will be whizzing around the
proverbial corner so fast that it makes us tweet our last twit? Some
people say that it will usher in a new level of professionalism. The
blog-sphere and social media will be overrun by corporations that
seek to use it as a huge market, like a custom tailored Wal-Mart for
each and everyone of us. How cool would that be? â¦. Other prophets
of the Intertubes suggest that the Web 3.0 will be a time or revival,
the return of the expert. As professionals from the industry return
with a vengeance to reclaim the internet from hideous flash
animations, article spammers, and homemade videos. The real internet
mystics whisper of a new beginning. A secret a quiet revolution that
is set to over take us all. The Omni-Web. 3G, 4G, 5G, 6G. Look around.
Phones, Cars, Printers, my dog (not really). Everything is getting
connected. The Omni-Web will be everything and everywhere.
Information literally will become our lives.

For the time being I still
enjoy the simple pleasures of Wikipedia and the occasional bought of
flash SuperMario. The web is nice as it is right now. I am a bit
leery of what is to come, the whole the-web-is-everywhere thing has
got to win me over still. I guess change comes hard to some. Who
really knows? Whatever it is it should be interesting.